Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of England's second World Cup qualifier with Albania from Tirana. England could not have had an easier start to their qualification campaign for Qatar 2022 against San Marino on Thursday night, but now the tests present themselves, with Albania the next challenge to overcome.

World Cup Qualification UEFA / Matchday 2

Air Albania Stadium / 28.03.2021

Albania

Completed

England

H. Kane(40')
M. Mount(64')

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ByMarcus Foley

Updated 28/03/2021 at 17:50 GMT

35'

Rice tries to carry the attack forward but it gets stuck under his feet.

33'

SHOT AT GOAL! Walker tries his luck from distance, but it is straight at the goalkeeper.

31'

Walker whips another cross into the middle, but again it is cleared.

29'

Mount gets to the byline, tries to pull it across for Sterling, but Albania clear.

27'

I mean the pitch is really, really bad, but this is poor from England so far.

25'

Albania pushing England higher up the pitch now, forcing Nick Pope into a poor clearance.

23'

Kane fires into the wall, and the referee awards Albania a free-kick for some pushing.

21'

Mount gets clattered from all angles, with Keidi Bare booked for the hosts. Free-kick right on the edge of the box for England.

Yellow card

K. Bare

Albania

20'

England need to get the ball from front to back quicker.

18'

Mount and Foden look to combine down the right, but the move breaks down.

16'

England trying to up the tempo now. But the pitch is slowing them every time.

Yep.

14'

CHANCE! Big chance for the hosts! England give the ball away cheaply, Albania break, they have two on one, Myrto Uzuni is played in, but he blazes over. His big moment!

12'

Foden whips the corner into the middle, John Stones arrives to meet it, but cannot find the target.

10'

Little better from England as Phil Foden whips a cross into the middle but it is headed behind for a corner.

Very slow pace to this, with the home side sitting very deep indeed.

Luke Shaw looking to attack down the left, but is held up.

Early possession for England here. The ball is moving very slowly across the surface.

Pitch does not look up to much, has to be said Already starting to cut up.

1st Half

KICK OFF! We are up and running here.

16:58

Fun on the road for England. The Three Lions have lost just two of their last 29 away matches in World Cup qualifying campaigns (W19 D8), losing to Northern Ireland in September 2005 and Ukraine in October 2009. They are firm favourites to better that record this evening. We are minutes away!

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